Archived 2012 APHA Press Releases

• APHA applauds action to prevent gun violence in letter to Obama
  (12/20/2012)
• Statement from APHA Executive Director Dr. Georges C. Benjamin in response to events Friday, Dec. 14 in Newtown, Conn.
  (12/19/2012)
• APHA applauds EPA’s stronger air quality standards
  (12/14/2012)
• United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® finds Americans living longer but unnecessarily sicker
  (12/11/2012)
• American Public Health Association concludes its 140th Annual Meeting in San Francisco
  (10/31/2012)
• Pre-teen literacy a strong predictor of pregnancy in US teens
  (10/31/2012)
• Smartphones a new risky avenue for sex among teens
  (10/30/2012)
• Spending on aging medications exceeding that of some chronic disease treatment
  (10/30/2012)
• Emerging biomarker links social inequities to poor health
  (10/30/2012)
• Military veterans with history of heavy alcohol use more likely to seek treatment, report better overall health
  (10/29/2012)
• Public health leaders to gather in San Francisco to address nation’s top health challenges at APHA Annual Meeting, Oct. 27-31
  (10/01/2012)
• APHA @PublicHealth Twitter tops 200,000 followers
  (09/20/2012)
• Alarming cuts to public health programs outlined in White House sequestration report
  (09/14/2012)
• Cat photo contest to teach emergency preparedness
  (09/13/2012)
• APHA's public health news site celebrates one-year anniversary
  (08/02/2012)
• APHA laments deep health cuts by House Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee
  (07/18/2012)
• APHA regrets painful cuts to nutrition programs in proposed farm bill
  (07/12/2012)
• Repeal of health reform compromises efforts to improve the health of all Americans, says APHA
  (07/10/2012)
• Landmark health reform law ruling a major public health victory, provisions still require support
  (06/28/2012)
• APHA dismayed by North Carolina ban on gay marriage
  (06/27/2012)
• National public health conference kicks off today in Charlotte
  (06/26/2012)
• APHA urges Senate to oppose measure to weaken mercury and air toxics standards
  (06/19/2012)
• American Public Health Association applauds EPA for proposing stronger protections against soot
  (06/15/2012)
• CDC Accepts Advisory Committee Recommendation to Replace “Level of Concern” for Lead Poisoning with New Reference Value
  (05/16/2012)
• Senator Durbin's Bill to Close Tobacco Tax Loopholes Will Save Lives By Stopping Tax Avoidance
  (05/11/2012)
• House budget proposal includes painful cuts to public health, prevention
  (05/07/2012)
• APHA urges Senate Agriculture Committee to maintain funding for key nutrition programs in Farm Bill mark up
  (04/26/2012)
• National Public Health Week 2012 begins today, focuses on disease prevention and wellness
  (04/02/2012)
• House budget resolution would ‘devastate’ nation’s public health system, says APHA
  (03/28/2012)
• American Public Health Association cheers new clean air standard for power plants
  (03/27/2012)
• APHA strongly urges U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act
  (03/26/2012)
• Registration now open for APHA’s Midyear Meeting
  (03/22/2012)
• APHA celebrates achievements of Affordable Care Act as two-year anniversary nears
  (03/20/2012)
• Medical and health groups file suit to protect limits on mercury, air toxics pollution
  (03/16/2012)
• American Public Health Association announces winners of policy innovation awards
  (03/15/2012)
• Cutting prevention fund sets dangerous precedent and puts public health in peril
  (02/17/2012)
• APHA urges Congress to protect critical disease prevention and health promotion funding
  (02/15/2012)
• President’s budget underinvests in public health, prevention
  (02/13/2012)
• American Public Health Association adopted 23 new policies at 2011 Annual Meeting
  (02/10/2012)